Mother Teresa Sisters coming to Dundee to tackle severe poverty
A new convent of the Missionaries of Charity, known as the Mother Teresa Nuns, is to open in Dundee—the third in Scotland. Four sisters from the order’s convent in Birmingham will arrive in Dundee on Friday May 12. Dunkeld diocesan chancellor Malcolm Veal said it was ‘wonderful news’ and the city would be blessed by their presence. The congregation was …
Education Appointments
In the place of Mgr Ken McCaffrey and Mr Bill Simpson, who are retiring after giving long and valuable service as Church Representatives on their local education committees, Bishop Stephen has nominated two new Catholic Church Representatives to the Dundee Council’s and to the Angus Council’s Children and Learning Committees. Mrs Moira Leck, former headteacher of Lawside Academy and St …
Council of the Laity – Minutes 11th February 2017
DIOCESE OF DUNKELD: COUNCIL OF THE LAITY Minute of the second meeting of the Council of the Laity held in the Conference Room of the St Ninian’s Pastoral Institute, Lawside, Dundee, on Saturday 11 February 2017 at 11.00 am. Present: Fr J High (Chair), Fr J McCruden (Vice-Chair),Sr M Aladi, M Caswell, A Herron, J Galligan, J Joyce, A Kenny, …
Mary’s Meals Ceilidh
A Ceilidh and Cabaret Evening in aid of Mary’s Meals has been organised for Friday, 26th May 2017 from 7pm until 11pm in East Chamber, Panmure Street, Dundee. Tickets are priced £12 each or £100 for a table of 10. To book tickets, please contact Helen Wylie 01382 669598 or h21wyl@outlook.com Please come along and enjoy a great evening for …
Competition – win free place at National Conference on Non-Violence
Are you aged between 18-25 years old and interested in nonviolence? If so, Justice and Peace Scotland are providing a funded place at the Scottish Nonviolence Conference – ‘Reclaiming Gospel Nonviolence’. The conference will take place at St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull, Perth from 14-16th July 2017. For more information on the conference and details of how to enter our competition. …
Holy Week – Mass of Chrism
St Andrew’s Cathedral – Mass of Chrism.
Youth Mass for Palm Sunday
Young Catholics from across Scotland gathered in St Mary’s Monastery, Kinnoull for a National Youth Mass on Palm Sunday, 2017. Prior to the Mass, Archbishop Leo Cushley and Bishop Stephen Robson led the young people in catechesis. It was an opportunity for those who had attended the 2016 World Youth Day to share their experiences with a newer generation planning, …
New Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
Pope Francis has appointed a new Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain. He is Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams. Archbishop Adams, was born in Philadelphia and a graduate of St Charles Borromeo Seminary He was ordained a priest for the Philadelphia Archdiocese by Cardinal John Krol in 1970. After further studies in Rome in 1976 he entered the Vatican Diplomatic Service and …